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- Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:41 pm #56816 From the docs I gather that light sleep is perfect for a device sitting idle awaiting commands.

http://www.espressif.com/sites/default/ ... s_en_0.pdf

But what commands? Is there some kind of Wake on LAN packet that must be sent first? Or is it a matter of, "I have packets, time to process them, wake up and start loop() again"?

- Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:44 am #56893 yes, it's of the 2nd kind ...

- Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:32 pm #56969 Some report that light sleep intermittently disconnects from wifi after some time, is that a frequent concern or rare?

I'd test it but I don't have my boards in just yet.